Hugo Rifkind on TV: ‘I can’t hate Top Gear. I’d like to, but it keeps making me laugh’

I’ve thought about this quite a lot, and I think my main problem with Top Gear is that too much of it is about cars. I mean, Christ, but they’re only cars. How much is there to say? The Patagonia Special was a wonderful bit of television, otherwise.

After last month's challenge of 100 songs, the challenge this month was the top 20 comedies. Now the problem with tops ... It's very sanitized and its laughs come from pointing out the absurdities in life. It did, however …

I’m going to make an assertion here. Any car enthusiast is, by definition, a fan of the BBC show Top Gear. Unless of course, such a person hasn’t seen it, and to that individual I say, check it out on BBC America sometime, you’ll love it! The show ...

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The incredible rise of Oregon as a merchandising powerhouse

Matt Dyste laughs ... the top 10 most popular college teams by licensing royalties. Last year, the program brought in $4.8 million in royalties -- four times what it brought in only five years before. Today, nearly 400 …

Blu-ray Review: Top Gear Season 16 – More Laughs & High-Speed Competition from the TG Trifecta

Top Gear Season 16 reignites the fast-paced reality car comedy of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. One part car show, one part competition show, and a lot of laughs continued to make Top Gear a success in its sixteenth season. The …

but the difference between a joke which makes you laugh and a joke which makes your blood run cold is the sometimes the distance between a split hair. It's fair to say this incarnation of Top Gear is nearer the end than the beginning, and our job is to ...

James May has waded into the Top Gear number plate row, insisting that while the show might laugh about Argentina’s “obsession” with ham and cheese it would never make a mockery of war. The presenter claimed the controversial H982 FKL number …

James May mocks recalled Toyota Prius as unrepentant adrenalin junkies take Top Gear roadshow Down Under

They've covered much of the globe with their intrepid and often outrageous car challenges and now the Top Gear team have landed in Australia to embark on a series of shows in Sydney. Presenters Jeremy Clarkson, 49, and James May, 43, posed for …

Top Gear Live. If you're free (and you really ... Firstly because it's full of good things, and secondly the audience can have a laugh at how much the presenters have aged. Except for James, who was already very old." As well as the boys' arena performance ...